The datastore that the virtual machine or virtual disk uses has the storage capabilities that are required by the policy.

Not Compliant

The datastore supports specified storage requirements, but cannot currently satisfy the virtual machine storage policy. For example, the status might become Not Compliant when physical resources that back up the datastore are unavailable or exhausted. You can bring the datastore into compliance by making changes in the physical configuration, for example, by adding hosts or disks to the cluster. If additional resources satisfy the virtual machine storage policy, the status changes to Compliant.

Out of Date

The status indicates that the policy has been edited, but the new requirements have not been communicated to the datastore where the virtual machine objects reside. To communicate the changes, reapply the policy to the objects that are out of date.

Not Applicable

This storage policy references datastore capabilities that are not supported by the datastore where virtual machine resides.